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abnegate
in
Insurgent, by Veronica Roth
(Edited)

Instead of embracing him, she just touches his shoulders, like she remembers the Abnegation's distaste for casual physical contact.
Chpt 1

abnegation = in this novel, the group of people that practice self-denial
She is referring to the group of Abnegation who were with my father and Marcus in the safe house.
Chpt 1
Johanna takes us to the cafeteria, where we find some of the Abnegation who were in the safe house with Caleb and my father.
Chpt 1
One of the Abnegation puts a cup of steaming liquid under my nose and says, "Drink this."
Chpt 1
I was about to rattle off a few more holidays, but only the Abnegation celebrate them.
Chpt 2
It contains some yellow and red, from the Amity, and some gray, from the Abnegation, colors I rarely see side by side.
Chpt 2
If I had to guess, I would say that one of the Abnegation put the stack there for me.
Chpt 2
I pull on a pair of dark red pants made of denim—so long I have to roll them up three times—and a gray Abnegation shirt that is too big for me.
Chpt 2
I search her face for a sign of what she has lost—her father, an Abnegation leader, didn't survive the attack—but I see only the placid determination characteristic of my old faction.
Chpt 2
And she doesn't ask about my shoulder, how I was shot, what happened when I left the Abnegation safe house to stop the simulation.
Chpt 2
I get the sense that if I were to whittle her down to her core, she would be Abnegation all the way through.
Chpt 2
I wonder what the Abnegation leaders—including my father—were doing.
Chpt 2
The Abnegation, I mean?
Chpt 2
The Abnegation sit in tight rows a few yards to my left.
Chpt 2
Tobias touches the small of my back, guiding me to the edge of the meeting space, behind the Abnegation.
Chpt 2
But we have also had a strong relationship with Abnegation in the past, and we do not think it is right to revoke the hand of friendship when it has for so long been extended.
Chpt 2
"Along time ago, the Abnegation were entrusted with some sensitive information," says Marcus.
Chpt 3
I thought Jeanine attacked the Abnegation to seize power, but she attacked them to steal information—information only they knew.
Chpt 3
I have to find out what could possibly be important enough for the Abnegation to die for—and the Erudite to kill for.
Chpt 3
I think there probably is some information the Abnegation knew that Jeanine wanted to know, but I think he's exaggerating its importance.
Chpt 3
When I found out that I was Divergent ....when I found out that Erudite would attack Abnegation ....those revelations changed everything.
Chpt 3
He's abandoned the useless spectacles he wore as a member of Erudite in favor of an Abnegation gray shirt and their trademark short haircut.
Chpt 4
"Abnegation, Dauntless," I say, "and Erudite."
Chpt 4
Before he can go on, the cafeteria doors open, and a group of Abnegation come in.
Chpt 4
I am just about to flee the dining hall rather than participate in careful, polite Abnegation conversation when Tobias comes in, looking harassed.
Chpt 4
Tobias doesn't like the dubious looks the Abnegation give him when he refers to Marcus's cruelty, and Susan is sitting right across from him.
Chpt 4
The Abnegation sit at our table, but not right next to us—a respectful distance of two seats away, though most of them still nod at us.
Chpt 4
The other Abnegation and myself have discussed it and decided that we should not stay here.
Chpt 4
Is it really just an Abnegation decision, or does he intend to do something there—something that has to do with whatever information the Abnegation have?
Chpt 4
Is it really just an Abnegation decision, or does he intend to do something there—something that has to do with whatever information the Abnegation have?
Chpt 4
He gets up and sits at the other end of the table with the rest of the Abnegation.
Chpt 4
I heard you talking to Johanna about what motivated Jeanine's attack on Abnegation.
Chpt 5
When I swat a few of them away, I realize that they are perched on top of a man, pecking at his clothes, which are Abnegation gray.
Chpt 5
I may not be an Abnegation-loving faction traitor.
Chpt 6
I'm sure if it had been Candor and not Abnegation that got attacked, you would have just let your family get shot between the eyes without protest.
Chpt 6
I strain toward him and try to ignore the stunned faces of the Amity and the Abnegation—and Tobias—around me, and the woman kneels next to Peter, whispering words in a soothing tone of voice.
Chpt 6
Not hushed, like the Abnegation speak, always treading holy ground and trying not to disturb.
Chpt 6
By now, the Abnegation at the other end of the table are paying attention.
Chpt 7
I scan the crowd of Abnegation.
Chpt 7
The Abnegation who are dressed in gray leave the dining hall in a pack and cross the courtyard to the guests' dormitory.
Chpt 7
And because the Abnegation don't take photographs, the only documentation I have of how they looked.
Chpt 7
The door is open, and through it I see Tobias stuffing Abnegation clothes into the trash bin.
Chpt 7
We join the crowd of Abnegation-turned-Amity.
Chpt 7
I am supposed to be braver than the Abnegation, but they don't seem as worried as I am.
Chpt 7
The woman touches one Abnegation child on the shoulder and whispers something to him, and a few seconds later a small group of children run down the hallway, dodging Amity feet and yelling, "I touched you!"
Chpt 7
The rest of the Abnegation spread throughout the room, and Caleb and Peter are a few seats down from me.
Chpt 7
Several members of Abnegation, three members of Dauntless, and a former Erudite initiate.
Chpt 7
I wish ...."Your hair is pretty short for an Amity," she says....he did not cut his hair like the Abnegation.
Chpt 7
All at once, the Abnegation rise from their places under tables and benches, and start toward the door.
Chpt 7
The Abnegation are dying again, dying like they were when I pretended to be under the simulation.
Chpt 7

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(1) (abnegate)
to renounce or reject -- often self-denial of luxuries
The exact meaning of abnegate can depend upon its context. For example:
- "to abnegate his responsibilities as a father" -- to reject or ignore a duty
- "to practice self-abnegation" -- to deny oneself (voluntarily give something up such as a luxury)
- "to abnegate her faith" -- to reject a belief
- "to abnegate her legal rights" -- to give up a claim, title, or position of power
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)

abnegate in Insurgent, by Veronica Roth (Edited)

abnegate
in
Insurgent, by Veronica Roth
(Edited)